Girls' name · since 1951
Wendella
Wendella has 41 recorded births since 1951 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1965 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #37,409 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 41
- born since 1951
- 1970s
- peak decade
41 girls have been named Wendella since 1951, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Wendella has 41 recorded births among girls since 1951, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1951 to 1986.
- #37,409 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 41 born since 1951
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wendella ranks #37,409 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 41 born since 1951, peaking in the 1970s.
- #37,409 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 41
- born since 1951
- 1970s
- peak decade
Wendella's 41 recorded births place it above 48.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Wendella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Wendella's full recorded timeline at 1972, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1951, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1965 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Wendella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–1986
- Peak year (1965)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Wendella by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (17 births, 41% of the file).
1970s was Wendella's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Wendella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
13 births
- 1970s
1970s
17 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 17 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Wendella's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (17 total births) through the 1980s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Wendella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1965)
Similar record span (~35 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1951–1986 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Wendella draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.